The Board of Education is now accepting applications for openings on the Executive Committee of its countywide Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), a 30-member panel that provides input and advice on specific issues surrounding education throughout the county. The panel consists of two representatives from each of the 12 high school … Continue reading
State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lillian Lowery has approved Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ request to allow eight schools to end the school year one day early for students in order to prepare for summer construction projects. The one-day waiver means that the school year for students at the following … Continue reading
The Board of Education Ethics Panel will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2015, at the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis. The ethics panel’s duties include devising, receiving, and maintaining all ethics forms generated by school system regulations; providing advisory opinions on ethics matters; … Continue reading
MGT of America, the company charged with conducting the new school facilities study for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Anne Arundel County Government will conduct two more community meetings to provide an update on the project, review the work that lies ahead, and discuss the results of the survey. … Continue reading
At least nine schools will be under new leadership when schools open in the fall as a result of the latest round of promotions approved and reassignments reviewed last night by the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County. Four of those schools will have leaders in their first year … Continue reading
Superintendent George Arlotto announced today that prekindergarten students who have enrolled or plan to enroll at Tyler Heights Elementary School for the 2015-2016 school year will instead be educated at Georgetown East Elementary School as part of a plan to partially ease overcrowding at Tyler Heights. Dr. Arlotto laid out … Continue reading
Barbara Wengernuk brings new meaning to the saying, “Music is not what I do; it’s who I am.” With that, the pianist and cellist brings all that she is and all that she has to Mayo Elementary School two days a week. That means lots of heartfelt musical exposure and … Continue reading
When schools around the state are looking for examples to follow in helping the communities they serve, they need look no farther than Anne Arundel County. Continuing what has become an annual tradition, county schools led the state once again in the Harvest for the Hungry – Kids Helping Kids … Continue reading
Five county high schools rank in the top 50 in the region when it comes to preparing their students for the rigors of college, according to a recent survey by The Washington Post. The newspaper’s Most Challenging High Schools Index is an annual barometer of the efforts made by schools … Continue reading
North County High School senior Camilla Shanley has found herself in some elite company as one of just 53 state winners – and the lone Maryland recipient – of a National Honor Society Scholarship from the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). There were nearly 6,800 applications nationwide for … Continue reading